Dr Jones: I ran the results three times to be sure… I’m sorry, but there’s no question about it. Now I want to discuss some alternative options with you –

Sandy (cutting him off): I don’t have time to listen to this; it’s preposterous. Give me the name of another fertility specialist – I’m getting a second opinion.

Which of the following best describes Dr Jones’ tone in the following statement: “I’m sorry Sandy, but your eggs are no longer healthy. You can’t conceive children.”

[A] Bluntly

[B] Mournfully

[C] Regretfully

[D] Apologetically

Question 2

The following is the reflection of Sam, who has just returned home from a year travelling abroad.

Just like that, I was back in my old room. Dust had piled, shelves had been repositioned and the sheets, as if burdened by the obsolescence of time, were exchanged with newer, pristine replacements. I sat there for what felt like eternity, allowing the vivid rush of my last year to fill my senses. Places, moments, friends and sites flowed in and out of my mind like water through a summer stream. And then there was nothing – only the blackness of my small bedroom. Where had the time gone? Memories that had altered a lifetime changed me for the better and forever. My body was back, but I suppose I never really left. They’d told me it would be a year to remember for the rest of my days – they were right. They were times that I knew would be cherished in perpetuity, times that even here, now, in the emptiness of my room, filled me with joy, excitement and hope. Which of the following comments made by Sam is the most bittersweet?

[A] “I sat there for what felt like eternity, allowing the vivid rush of my last year to fill my senses.”

[B] “They were times that I knew would be cherished in perpetuity, times that even here, now, in the emptiness of my room, filled me with joy, excitement and hope”

[C] “They’d told me it would be a year to remember for the rest of my days – they were right.”

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